Author Archives: IHBC NewsBlog

The concrete blocks that once protected Britain, in photographs

Posted on 12/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

The BBC has highlighted how more than 100 years ago acoustic mirrors along the coast of England were built with the intention of using them to detect the sound of approaching German zeppelins, while their development continued until the mid-1930s … Continue reading →

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IHBC welcomes 2019 School speakers, on ‘Floods and flooding’: James Innerdale (interventions) & Helen Brownlie (case studies)

Posted on 08/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

The IHBC has announced two speakers for the ‘flooding’ section of the 2019 Day School ‘Heritage, Risk & Resilience: confronting conservation calamities’ in Nottingham on Friday 5 July: James Innerdale, on sensitive intervention for flood resilience, & Helen Brownlie, on … Continue reading →

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Last chance for IHBC’s FREE CPD @ London’s Listed Property Show, Olympia, 9/10 Feb: SIGN UP IN ADVANCE for updates on Heritage Statements, Enforcement, ‘At risk’ & Policy developments.

Posted on 08/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

Your last chance to take advantage of a free IHBC place at the London Listed Property Show (on 9-10 February in the Olympia). Simply email events@lpoc.co.uk  giving your name, company, job role, postal address, email and phone number and IHBC … Continue reading →

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IHBC Branches: Celebrate your retired members with a nomination to our Marsh Awards

Posted on 08/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

IHBC Branches can celebrate retired members who volunteer their time and skills with a nomination for IHBC’s Marsh Award for Community Contribution before 28 February, with £500 and a Full School place for the winner! 

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IHBC’s HESPR top pick from £1.16M costed work this week: Tywi Gateway Trust seeks Design Team for HLF funded Abergwili education centre, closing 11/03, value £125k (min)

Posted on 08/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – the Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition scheme – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s top pick for NewsBlog readers this week features a call from Tywi Gateway Trust … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s 2018 ‘Out of School CPD Boost’ in Context, No.1: ‘Negotiating Shared Heritage’

Posted on 08/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

The second session of the IHBC Annual School in Belfast looked at methods for negotiating the conference theme, ‘Our shared heritage’, recognising that negotiation is a key skill and competence for successful heritage project management.

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£20,000 fine after GII farm demolition, as judge highlights ‘public duty to ensure people don’t just ignore the listing of buildings’.

Posted on 08/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

Two men will have to pay more than £20,000 after pleading guilty to demolishing a Grade II (GII) listed building in Chorley, Holt Farm, without permission, following a successful prosecution by Chorley Council in which the judge highlighted the ‘public … Continue reading →

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Planning bodies response to MHCLG PDR consultation: ‘… full and proper public consultation and engagement’ needed

Posted on 08/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

The Consultation Institute has updated on how planning bodies have submitted strong objections to government proposals to further relax permitted development (PD) rights – including changes to allow commercial buildings to be demolished and redeveloped as housing – with the … Continue reading →

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Scotland’s ‘Heritage: sustainable procurement guidance’ published

Posted on 08/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

The Scottish Government has issued guidance for public bodies covering the purchase of products or services where negative heritage impacts may be of concern, or where there are opportunities to enhance heritage.

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Relief as UK confirms it will adopt EU standards for construction products post no-deal Brexit

Posted on 08/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

Many manufacturers looking to export to the EU may be still in limbo with the government unable to say if British standards would be recognised in the event of a no-deal Brexit, but contractors, architects and product manufacturers can breathe … Continue reading →

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Creative Europe: Council agrees its position on the programme for 2021-2027

Posted on 08/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

The Council of the European Union has agreed its position (partial general approach) on the regulation establishing the Creative Europe programme for 2021-2027.

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Church lead thief ‘attacked the heritage’ of Norwich

Posted on 08/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

A man was caught ‘attacking the heritage’ of Norwich by stripping £4,000 of lead from the roof of a city church.

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11 years of ‘Big Data’ informs place care via ‘FixMyStreet’App! A geography of citizen reporting on neighbourhood issues in the UK

Posted on 08/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

A collaboration between researchers at the University of Stirling, the University of Sheffield and mySociety (a not-for-profit social enterprise) has produced a report on an attempt to understand spatial patterns of citizen reporting on local issues though mySociety’s FixMyStreet app … Continue reading →

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BBC on Bauhaus & its centenary year: In pictures – The architects exiled by Nazis

Posted on 08/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

Established in 1919, in the wake of World War One, Germany’s Bauhaus art school brought a radical new approach to design and aesthetics which would eventually go on to help inform modernist architecture around the world, and in its centenary … Continue reading →

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FREE CPD from IHBC at the London Property Show
From heritage statements & enforcement
to ‘at risk’ & new policy
Don’t forget to sign up in advance, 9/10 Feb, Olympia

Posted on 05/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

Take advantage of a free IHBC place at the London Listed Property Show (on 9-10 February in the Olympia). Simply email events@lpoc.co.uk  giving your name, company, job role, postal address, email and phone number and IHBC Membership Number. (NB: otherwise … Continue reading →

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From heritage statements & enforcement
to ‘at risk’ & new policy
Don’t forget to sign up in advance, 9/10 Feb, Olympia

IHBC signs up to LGA, Shelter & partners letter objecting to Permitted Development Rights relaxation proposals

Posted on 05/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

Following a recent consultation on the relaxation of permitted development rights (PDR), ostensibly to facilitate housing, the IHBC has joined signatories such as Civic Voice to sign up to an open letter to the Minister, led by Shelter and the … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s 2019 Nottingham School context: BRE’s QSAND post-disaster assessment and the UN’s Sustainable Development goals

Posted on 05/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

BRE has reported that through QSAND -(Quantifying Sustainability in the Aftermath of Natural Disasters) a self-assessment tool to promote sustainable approaches to relief, recovery and reconstruction after a natural disaster – it is contributing to help achieve several UN Sustainable … Continue reading →

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Don’t forget: IHBC’s Gus Astley Student Awards 2019 open until 31 July – Win £500 and a free place on IHBC’s 2020 Brighton School… simply submit coursework online!

Posted on 05/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

The IHBC’s annual Gus Astley Student Award for 2019 has been launched, and, as usual, closes on 31 July, so if you have relevant coursework from any UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, from 2018 OR 2019 – be … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Oldham Grade II listed mill called a ‘death trap’… to be demolished

Posted on 05/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

The Oldham Times has reported on how an Oldham Grade II Listed Hartford Mill where there have been 250 emergency incidents in just three years – including arson, serious injury and a suicide – is to be demolished as councillors … Continue reading →

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IHBC CPD boost: Conservation Wiki on alternative futures for heritage

Posted on 05/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

Heritage management and conservation rarely consider how different ways of assembling, curating, caring for, and designing the future relate to one another. How could this be done? Conservation Wiki writes about a research programme, some alternative perspectives and implications.

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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the (celebrity) doorstep’: ‘Del Boy’ Sir David Jason calls for Only Fools and Horses tower to be protected

Posted on 05/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

Sir David Jason has said it would be a ‘shame’ if the tower block featured in Only Fools And Horses is demolished and called for the building to be protected.

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More funding to help England’s town centres and high streets

Posted on 05/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

Communities across England have been invited to bid for up to £50,000 to help business into local areas. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

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Cardross is an ‘albatross around our neck’ says RCC via BBC

Posted on 05/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

The BBC has reported on how the A-listed, modernist St Peter’s Seminary in Cardross has been described as an ‘albatross around our neck’ by the Roman Catholic Church (RCC), as it said it could not even give it away.

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Tulip skyscraper found to breach London Plan guidelines

Posted on 05/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

The 1,000ft (305m)-high Tulip tower which has been proposed for London fails to comply with planning guidelines, the mayor has said.

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Arts Council funding directed to transforming leadership: Expressions closing noon, 7 Feb

Posted on 05/02/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

The Art’s Council are investing £6 million in leadership development across museums, libraries and arts, with expressions of interest due by 12 noon on 7 February.

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